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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 6, 2017 13:58:56 GMT -5
I had a very Co dependent friend in high school.
I wanted to distance myself but didn't know how.
One night after about the tenth threat to kill himself I told him if he was going to do it just do it already and quit hanging the threat over my head.
Fortunately he did not call my bluff but my words still haunt me. I hope he's finally found peace with life and is happy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2017 14:14:20 GMT -5
You bought a post office? She bought a building that the post office leases if I understood correctly. That happens a lot in small towns.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 6, 2017 14:14:50 GMT -5
Ok. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2017 14:17:58 GMT -5
I was convicted of misdemeanor petty theft when I was 18 years old. Got drunk with a friend of mine and started pulling up real estate signs from people's yards. Got caught, went to court and paid my fine. Very embarrassing but very fortunate that this was 1983 and court records had not yet been computerized in that state. Later went to work in state government and passed a pretty rigorous background check. Even later went to work in the private sector handling about 10 million dollars in sales per year. My early criminal pursuits kept my hand out of the cookie jar when working with lots of money and owners who really didn't pay attention to the financial end of their business. I like to think I learned my lesson about stealing. Not my own personal shameful event, but you reminded me. I used to teach at a small private school. For the senior prank one year, the seniors went around the area stealing real estate signs. Then they posted them all in front of the school. People were calling those agents all day asking if the school was really for sale! The headmaster actually thought it was funny, but the real estate agents did not. It really wasn't the calls that were so annoying. It was having to figure out where each sign was taken from.
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Post by DagnyT on Aug 7, 2017 0:39:01 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I had a boyfriend who thought I hung the moon and stars, almost literally. He treated me like the most precious thing in the world. I had a part time job where I worked with one of the popular boys from high school. One night this popular guy and I were working together. He said that I should really be dating someone else because people were making fun of me because of who I was dating. (I was in college prep classes and the guy I was dating was taking auto mechanic classes). I was mortified that people were making fun of me.
So, guess what. Unbeknownst to me, my sweetheart had arranged with my parents to surprise me by picking me up after work that night. When he showed up to get me that night, I broke up with him because of what my coworker (remember the popular guy) had said. According to his mom, I broke his heart, and it took him a long time to get over it. That was 38 years ago, and I am still ashamed of it. I did learn a great lesson though, and I never did anything like that again.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 7, 2017 5:56:02 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I had a boyfriend who thought I hung the moon and stars, almost literally. He treated me like the most precious thing in the world. I had a part time job where I worked with one of the popular boys from high school. One night this popular guy and I were working together. He said that I should really be dating someone else because people were making fun of me because of who I was dating. (I was in college prep classes and the guy I was dating was taking auto mechanic classes). I was mortified that people were making fun of me. So, guess what. Unbeknownst to me, my sweetheart had arranged with my parents to surprise me by picking me up after work that night. When he showed up to get me that night, I broke up with him because of what my coworker (remember the popular guy) had said. According to his mom, I broke his heart, and it took him a long time to get over it. That was 38 years ago, and I am still ashamed of it. I did learn a great lesson though, and I never did anything like that again. I'm sorry for you both. Ugh. We can be so young and foolish.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 7, 2017 7:06:18 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I had a boyfriend who thought I hung the moon and stars, almost literally. He treated me like the most precious thing in the world. I had a part time job where I worked with one of the popular boys from high school. One night this popular guy and I were working together. He said that I should really be dating someone else because people were making fun of me because of who I was dating. (I was in college prep classes and the guy I was dating was taking auto mechanic classes). I was mortified that people were making fun of me. So, guess what. Unbeknownst to me, my sweetheart had arranged with my parents to surprise me by picking me up after work that night. When he showed up to get me that night, I broke up with him because of what my coworker (remember the popular guy) had said. According to his mom, I broke his heart, and it took him a long time to get over it. That was 38 years ago, and I am still ashamed of it. I did learn a great lesson though, and I never did anything like that again. Be interesting to know how the popular guy and the auto mechanic turned out!!
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 7, 2017 8:29:10 GMT -5
I'm a gamer, I play video games. It's not necessarily a 'secret" per se but I don't mention it much to people I don't know that well.
I'm also 32 and a virgin. I'm not happy about it and it's not for lack of trying though. But it's definitely not something I shout from the rooftops.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Aug 7, 2017 8:47:13 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I had a boyfriend who thought I hung the moon and stars, almost literally. He treated me like the most precious thing in the world. I had a part time job where I worked with one of the popular boys from high school. One night this popular guy and I were working together. He said that I should really be dating someone else because people were making fun of me because of who I was dating. (I was in college prep classes and the guy I was dating was taking auto mechanic classes). I was mortified that people were making fun of me. So, guess what. Unbeknownst to me, my sweetheart had arranged with my parents to surprise me by picking me up after work that night. When he showed up to get me that night, I broke up with him because of what my coworker (remember the popular guy) had said. According to his mom, I broke his heart, and it took him a long time to get over it. That was 38 years ago, and I am still ashamed of it. I did learn a great lesson though, and I never did anything like that again. While the reason you broke it off wasn't nice, if he was that hung up on you, chances are you would've broken his heart eventually anyway. I got stuck with a guy like that, and wasted years of my youth because of it. Then he had the nerve to blame me for stringing him along!
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 7, 2017 9:34:44 GMT -5
I'll fess up to still doing P2P file sharing after it was deemed illegal. I quit after they were going after peeps who had more than 1,ooo song available. And the fact that a lady here was caught. Got my attention. Eta I left off some of the confession. Since I had broad band really early I could dl longs in seconds and whole albums in minutes I had a little side business going. Only $5,00 a cd. But business was booming.
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 7, 2017 11:24:33 GMT -5
I have so much shame about so many minor things that I have started to forget some of them.
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Post by DagnyT on Aug 7, 2017 12:12:19 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I had a boyfriend who thought I hung the moon and stars, almost literally. He treated me like the most precious thing in the world. I had a part time job where I worked with one of the popular boys from high school. One night this popular guy and I were working together. He said that I should really be dating someone else because people were making fun of me because of who I was dating. (I was in college prep classes and the guy I was dating was taking auto mechanic classes). I was mortified that people were making fun of me. So, guess what. Unbeknownst to me, my sweetheart had arranged with my parents to surprise me by picking me up after work that night. When he showed up to get me that night, I broke up with him because of what my coworker (remember the popular guy) had said. According to his mom, I broke his heart, and it took him a long time to get over it. That was 38 years ago, and I am still ashamed of it. I did learn a great lesson though, and I never did anything like that again. Be interesting to know how the popular guy and the auto mechanic turned out!! We live in a small town so I can answer that, but it is quite sad and tragic. Both of them joined the military after high school. The popular boy was in the navy and was tragically killed before he was 21 years old when an elevator shaft fell on him. The ex-boyfriend used his mechanical skills to do well during his tenure in the Air Force. He is now the vice president of a successful well-drilling company that does all types of large scale drilling and does a lot of geothermal heating installations. So he has "done good", as we say here in the South.
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Post by DagnyT on Aug 7, 2017 12:17:39 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I had a boyfriend who thought I hung the moon and stars, almost literally. He treated me like the most precious thing in the world. I had a part time job where I worked with one of the popular boys from high school. One night this popular guy and I were working together. He said that I should really be dating someone else because people were making fun of me because of who I was dating. (I was in college prep classes and the guy I was dating was taking auto mechanic classes). I was mortified that people were making fun of me. So, guess what. Unbeknownst to me, my sweetheart had arranged with my parents to surprise me by picking me up after work that night. When he showed up to get me that night, I broke up with him because of what my coworker (remember the popular guy) had said. According to his mom, I broke his heart, and it took him a long time to get over it. That was 38 years ago, and I am still ashamed of it. I did learn a great lesson though, and I never did anything like that again. While the reason you broke it off wasn't nice, if he was that hung up on you, chances are you would've broken his heart eventually anyway. I got stuck with a guy like that, and wasted years of my youth because of it. Then he had the nerve to blame me for stringing him along! Maybe true. But I was the bad apple in this situation. He really was a winner. I dated three winners during my dating life. I believe I married the best of the three, at least for me, but the other two were high contenders also.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Aug 7, 2017 13:08:33 GMT -5
Be interesting to know how the popular guy and the auto mechanic turned out!! We live in a small town so I can answer that, but it is quite sad and tragic. Both of them joined the military after high school. The popular boy was in the navy and was tragically killed before he was 21 years old when an elevator shaft fell on him. The ex-boyfriend used his mechanical skills to do well during his tenure in the Air Force. He is now the vice president of a successful well-drilling company that does all types of large scale drilling and does a lot of geothermal heating installations. So he has "done good", as we say here in the South. I can't think of a little thing but here is my big one. I'm sorry the popular guy had such an early and horrible death but the bolded part made me laugh. I can see horrible things in a funny way so that's both good and bad for me. But it keeps me from crying constantly. I prefer to laugh.
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Post by Pants on Aug 7, 2017 13:34:15 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to.
Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily.
Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of.
When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame.
When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.)
Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated.
So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Aug 7, 2017 13:40:09 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily. Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of. When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame. When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.) Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated. So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of. Well shit. Now I'm crying. For both Pants and her daughter. I had no idea that happened to her but please understand that you are just a human being trying to get by. You are doing/did the best you could under the circumstances and you both got a raw deal. If that is all you did I think you are still a much better person than most people I know - including me. (((Hugs)))
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 7, 2017 13:46:51 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily. Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of. When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame. When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.) Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated. So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of. If I posted things I'm ashamed of my post count would hit 30,000 in a heart beat. But when this thread started I thought of some things then realized I am one sick puppy cause I really found some to be downright funny now. Or does that mean I don't have a conscience.? Eta to you. No idea you were going thru this.
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Post by quince on Aug 7, 2017 14:04:23 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily. Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of. When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame. When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.) Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated. So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of. You're still the person who picked up a diaper instead of anything that could hurt her. Sleep deprivation is fucked up. SO MANY mental/physical symptoms could potentially be because of sleep deprivation.
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Post by finnime on Aug 7, 2017 14:43:20 GMT -5
I ghost people. I don't mean to; I always intend on returning the call or email or text. Until I just don't. These are not people I dislike or am peeved at. Just regular good people, friends albeit not terribly close friends. Some people just drop me after enough silence. Others hang in there, and I do get back to them eventually.
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Post by Pants on Aug 7, 2017 14:46:59 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily. Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of. When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame. When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.) Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated. So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of. Well shit. Now I'm crying. For both Pants and her daughter. I had no idea that happened to her but please understand that you are just a human being trying to get by. You are doing/did the best you could under the circumstances and you both got a raw deal. If that is all you did I think you are still a much better person than most people I know - including me. (((Hugs))) Just to let everyone know - she's fine now. She had an autoimmune condition that leads to (usually) temporary paralysis. Luck of the draw, unlikely to ever repeat although some people will get it 2x in a lifetime. She is almost fully recovered now and unless you are looking for it or a trained professional, you can't even tell anything was ever wrong. It's almost a year now since she was diagnosed. It's been a really rough year.
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Post by Pants on Aug 7, 2017 14:48:39 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily. Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of. When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame. When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.) Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated. So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of.
You're still the person who picked up a diaper instead of anything that could hurt her. Sleep deprivation is fucked up. SO MANY mental/physical symptoms could potentially be because of sleep deprivation. I never thought of it like that. Thank you.
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Post by kittensaver on Aug 7, 2017 15:02:11 GMT -5
I feel hurt (personally) and shame (with the rescue agency) when I can't save a kitten. NOBODY gives me a hard time about it (!!!), and they even give me tons of sympathy and tell me repeatedly that many bottle feeders don't make it even in competent hands, but I still feel shame when I can't help a baby survive.
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 7, 2017 15:03:16 GMT -5
I tend not to hang onto things from the past but I wish I didn't have to spend every day of my life fighting the distressing fact that I'm the world's worst procrastinator! You'd think by my age I'd have beaten that glaring fault into submission but noooooooo.
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Post by chen35 on Aug 7, 2017 15:06:22 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Any time I drink too much? Shame for something I did or said or just the act of drinking too much. The state of my house including the tumbleweeds of dog hair and the fact that our mower has been broken so my DH hasn't cut the grass in a month? Shame. Lose my temper with the kids? Shame. Didn't make it to the gym or ate like shit? Shame. The other day in the grocery store some old lady told my 2-year-old to shut up because nobody liked smarty-pants little girls and I was so shocked I didn't even say anything? Shame. Speak without thinking and say something stupid or cutting? Shame. That one happens daily. Then there are the big things, the big secret things that even years later I am ashamed of. When I was sexually assaulted in college I didn't say no or fight back, I just pretended to be asleep and hoped it would stop. Shame. When I tried to seduce my brother's friend and failed. Shame. (We were all adults, it's fine.) Last year when my daughter was paralyzed and had been moved to her 2nd hospital she had a very rough night, waking me up every hour. I was sleep-deprived for going on 2 weeks and barely functional and she was screaming at 7 am and I picked up a diaper and started hitting her with it. I didn't hurt her, because it was a diaper, but I was really hitting. I lost my temper and beat a disabled child, my own child. If a nurse had seen me I'm sure I would have been removed and probably received a visit from child services. As would have been appropriate. That shame is so hot and fierce it still makes me nauseated. So, I have a lot of things I am ashamed of. Liking out of support, not 'liking'. I'm similar, in that I feel shame on a daily basis. I can't even begin to list things I've done that have caused me shame.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 7, 2017 15:07:16 GMT -5
I tend not to hang onto things from the past but I wish I didn't have to spend every day of my life fighting the distressing fact that I'm the world's worst procrastinator! You'd think by my age I'd have beaten that glaring fault into submission but noooooooo. I belong to that club so you are not alone. Of course knowing we are in the same club could be scary.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Aug 7, 2017 15:08:42 GMT -5
Well shit. Now I'm crying. For both Pants and her daughter. I had no idea that happened to her but please understand that you are just a human being trying to get by. You are doing/did the best you could under the circumstances and you both got a raw deal. If that is all you did I think you are still a much better person than most people I know - including me. (((Hugs))) Just to let everyone know - she's fine now. She had an autoimmune condition that leads to (usually) temporary paralysis. Luck of the draw, unlikely to ever repeat although some people will get it 2x in a lifetime. She is almost fully recovered now and unless you are looking for it or a trained professional, you can't even tell anything was ever wrong. It's almost a year now since she was diagnosed. It's been a really rough year. Thank you for letting us know that and I'm happy for you both! I wanted to ask you more but didn't want to have you discuss something so painful. quince Great point and I love that!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 7, 2017 15:09:47 GMT -5
I tend not to hang onto things from the past but I wish I didn't have to spend every day of my life fighting the distressing fact that I'm the world's worst procrastinator! You'd think by my age I'd have beaten that glaring fault into submission but noooooooo. I belong to that club so you are not alone. Of course knowing we are in the same club could be scary. I'm suitably skeert but that probably isn't going to change anything. It'll still be a bitter, daily battle all the way to the grave!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 7, 2017 15:15:34 GMT -5
Aww, Pants, it's time to put all that old baggage aside. You've proven something to yourself and all who know you - you're just like the rest of us. You're human, warts and all, and we love you for it. Love yourself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 15:32:42 GMT -5
Either I've led an immoral life or I have an overdeveloped shame reflex, because I have a much longer list than you folks seem to. Hey, it's not that I don't have things. I just happen to be in the "I'm taking this shit to the grave" camp.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 7, 2017 15:43:32 GMT -5
I tend not to hang onto things from the past but I wish I didn't have to spend every day of my life fighting the distressing fact that I'm the world's worst procrastinator! You'd think by my age I'd have beaten that glaring fault into submission but noooooooo. This is so me!
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